"American Idol" ticket presale starts Friday

The word is out on the web about the presale of tickets for this year's live "American Idol" tour.

The "special code" of IDOLS2009 was posted by a fan on americanidol.com. The code also went out in e-newsletters sent today by Ticketmaster and the Onondaga County War Memorial.

The show hits the War Memorial in Syracuse on Sept. 14. That code can be used at the War Memorial box office between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Friday to purchase tickets. It can also be used at ticketmaster.com Friday between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Sale to the general public starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, not just for the Syracuse show, but the whole tour. Tickets for the show range from $40.50 to $69.50. The tour features the top 10 from this year's Fox TV show: Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Matt Giraud, Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Megan Joy and Michael Sarver.